Beautiful Apparation (Tony Perry FF)

six

Only ten more minutes before my shift is finally over! My hangover hasn't worn off yet and I can't wait to be home. I'll probably make myself some menudo, my favorite hangover cure.

I play with my pen while staring at the cash register. Today's slow, for me at least, Lynn and Hannah are occupied with their own customers. The two other employees are off today.

"Hey, Audrey." I look up to Vic who's accompanied by Mike and Jaime.

Well this couldn't get anymore awkward.

"Hey guys," I greet them with a smile. What could they possibly want? Not that I'm annoyed, just nervous.

"Mind doing Vic a favor?" Jaime smirks.

Vic pouts before explaining, "I lost a bet last night so now I'm here to get a piercing."

The guys laugh behind him.

"I'd love to do that for you Vic. Follow me," I gestured.

He looks nervous but eventually follows. I think I'm more nervous to pierce him. Once I sit him down he lets out a long sigh.

"You know you don't have to do this," I begin. "It's just a stupid bet."

He simply shook his head. "No. I'm going to do it," he replies confidently.

I don't bother trying to argue with him. "Where do you want it?"

"What place hurts the less?" He looks hopeful.

"I think you'd look good with a nose ring, what do you think?"

"It can be on my dick for all I care, but is it going to hurt?"

"Not as much as it would if it were on your dick," I laugh. I've never seen this side of him.

"Fine," he sighs. "And what happened to you last night? I saw you one second and the next you were gone."

My memory is still a bit blurry, but I remember what happened between me and Jaime almost perfectly. I wonder if he told the guys anything, hope not.

"I got an upset stomach, so I went home."

"You're a horrible liar Audrey. Mike left you with Jaime and when he came back both of you were gone." There's a hint of suspicion in his voice.

I gasp playfully, "And you think we hooked up, am I right?"

Vic rolls his eyes at me, obviously giving up. Good, Jaime didn't tell them. He's probably just as embarrassed as I am about the whole situation.

I grin before putting on my gloves. I make sure they made that slapping noise against my skin to scare Vic.

"Are you ready?" I ask.

"Let's just get this over with," he mumbles.

I clean the area of his nose and make the mark where the piercing would eventually be. I got the needle ready and Vic squinted his eyes shut.

"Stop that," I giggled at the sight. "Your face needs to be relaxed in order for me to do this."

He sighed relaxing, "Fuck it. Do it Audrey, I'm ready."

I obey him and he nearly flinched.

"All done," I smile cleaning up around his nose.

"Are you serious? That's it?" He asks in disbelief.

"Yes Vic," I laugh passing him a mirror.

He examined it closely and nods his head in approval. "This actually looks great. I'm gonna go show the guys."

He hopped out of his seat and entered back into the front. I could hear the guys applauding as he walked through the curtain. I caught up with him as soon as I fixed up my station.

"Audrey, you did well." Mike gave me a thumbs up.

"Thanks. He didn't even cry," I joke patting his back.

Vic gave me one of those whatever looks. "So how much do I owe you?"

"For that, just forty."

After placing the money in the cash register, we say our quick goodbyes. Jaime's last. He looks nervous, but I am too.

"So about last night." He scratches the back of his head.

"Jaime don't worry. I know it was nothing."

"Yea," he nods his head. "But I want to take you out on a real date, if that's okay."

Well that took an unexpected turn. Usually, the guy would be thankful, run away, and I'd never see them again.

"Sure, need my number?"

He passes me his phone and I put my number in.

"Talk to you later," he waved before leaving the shop.

Did that just happen?

>>>

I enter my house and commit the rest of today to unpack more of my belongings. The first box I went through is labeled 'bed room.' It consisted of my small lamp, a few posters, my jewelry box, and other decors.

After putting all of those where they needed to be, I open a new box. The first thing that caught my eye is my polaroid. Next to it is a box filled with my photos and film. I begin to explore the pictures.

A lot of them were random things, but I knew when and where they were taken at. They all held some type of memory. I came across one of me and my brother Kyle.

It was at his twenty-sixth birthday party. That night was fun and crazy. Of course fun things never last that long when he gets drunk. We bicker and yell at each other. Nothing ever ended on a good note with us.

I sigh, placing the pictures back in the box and throwing it underneath the bed. It's time to take a new photo with this thing.

"Daryl!" I whistle and he emerges.

My mirror hung behind the door so I made sure Daryl was close enough so we'd both be captured in the photo. After I take it he runs off. I swear every since we moved here he's been acting weird. Maybe he's homesick. I sorta am.

The polaroid comes out and I leave it on my dresser so it can develop. My room looks somewhat decent. There's only three more boxes in the corner. One of them contained my collection of CD's I've had throughout the years.

A lot of people ask why I don't just hop on the iTunes train like everyone else. Having something digitally is one thing, but being able to hold and cherish an album is another.

I went to see how my living room was coming along. Daryl laid in his dog bed. This is a surprise, he hardly uses the damn thing. If he did, it's cause he got in trouble, and doesn't want to be near me.

I opened a box sitting on the couch and found my laptop. Perfect for a time like this. Procrastinating at getting things done is my speciality. I open it to my screensaver of Simple Plan. Man, I love this band. They were my first band obsession.

I wonder what Vic's band was like. Pierce the Veil? Definitely sounded like it had a nice ring to it. I went on YouTube and typed the three words.

One of the first music videos that popped up was 'Bulls in the Bronx.' Over twelve million views? This band really was huge. I clicked the video and watched the intro unfold.

Mike and Jaime are in the band too? That's so cool. Wait... Tony?

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cringing at this ending! lul. but hey, we're finally getting some where (:

any predictions guys? i'd love to hear them. :3

until next time \m/